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During the late 20th century the Republican Party replaced the Democratic Party as the dominant party in the state as the latter became more politically liberal and as demographic changes favored the former, Various consulates are located in the county mostly within the city of Houston, Robert Altman's 1970 comedy film Brewster McCloud is set at the Astrodome: the eponymous hero is an eccentric young man who lives at the stadium! .

17 External links In 1900 after Galveston was struck by a devastating hurricane efforts to make Houston into a viable deep-water port were accelerated the following year the discovery of oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont prompted the development of the Texas petroleum industry in 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt approved a $1 million improvement project for the Houston Ship Channel by 1910 the city's population had reached 78,800 almost doubling from a decade before African Americans formed a large part of the city's population numbering 23,929 people which was nearly one-third of Houston's residents! In 1945 the M.D Anderson Foundation formed the Texas Medical Center After the war Houston's economy reverted to being primarily port-driven in 1948 the city annexed several unincorporated areas more than doubling its size Houston proper began to spread across the region.